<![CDATA[Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ✈️]]>Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ✈️

EPOC browser → HTTP → TCP/IP → PPP → RS-232 at a blistering 115,200 baud → USB serial adapter → Android phone running slirp (a 1995 SLIP/PPP emulator) → Wi-Fi → KLM's cabin server → satellite antenna aimed by GPS → a satellite → a ground station → the internet.

And back. To load one text-only news page.

Worth it. 📟

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/30466dea-4014-4777-b2e0-6a28bb1ff850/using-just-about-every-technology-since-the-telegraph-to-get-a-1999-palmtop-online-at-35-000-ftRSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 07:45:46 GMTFri, 09 Oct 2026 12:03:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ✈️ on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:11:50 GMT]]>@zedstarr @3rz Agree. Hot beverage with that, and you'll go slirp and slurp. 😬

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/oya3un/statuses/117416546142561434https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/oya3un/statuses/117416546142561434Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:11:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ✈️ on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:39:37 GMT]]>@zedstarr cc @ActionRetro

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/117416419514748303https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/117416419514748303Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ✈️ on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:12:56 GMT]]>@3rz those KLM sandwiches are the best!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/zedstarr/statuses/117410888188558381https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/zedstarr/statuses/117410888188558381Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:12:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ✈️ on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:06:59 GMT]]>@zedstarr THERE’S A CRUMB ON YOUR KEYBOARD

(nice set- and writeup!)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freiburg.social/users/3rz/statuses/117410864801998808https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freiburg.social/users/3rz/statuses/117410864801998808Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:06:59 GMT